In the end, Pan Long agreed to the two Dragon Gods' request.
He hadn't wanted to. Something about it felt strange. But... with two Dragon Gods blocking his path, refusing was difficult.
He couldn't very well flee into the Void World inside the Classic of Mountains and Seas Fragment, train for a thousand years until he mastered a divine art, then come back out, cut down the two Dragon Gods, and escape.
The loneliness would drive him mad long before that.
Besides, on closer thought, the request wasn't much of a burden. He had planned to visit Yang Province on the shores of the Eastern Sea anyway. He had simply intended to spend more time exploring Yun Province and Jing Province first, taking in the local sights and customs before setting out.
Now he would just visit Yang Province earlier and circle back afterward.
Yes, no problem there.
What was more, Pan Long reckoned the two Dragon Gods might not necessarily be killed by the Demon God Yiwu.
However powerful Yiwu was, he was still only one man, fighting alone. The two Dragon Gods, meanwhile, intended to gather a whole group of allies to surround and attack him.
One against a crowd—however he looked at it, Yiwu was at a disadvantage.
For all he knew, Yiwu would be outnumbered and forced to flee in defeat.
Pan Long wasn't worried that the Dragon Gods would kill Yiwu. The mere fact that the two of them were settling their affairs before the battle showed how little faith they had in its outcome. Who arranged for their own deaths before marching into battle when they were sure of victory? Wasn't that tempting fate?
So he believed that even if Yiwu couldn't win, he could escape.
Deep down, though, he knew that barring a